Light for automobiles



.5. H. FRAZIER.' LIGHT FOR AUTOMOBILES.

FILED JULY 23, 1921.

Feb. 13,-v .1923.-v

// x n llhn/ l INVENTOR.

Paftented Feb. 3, 1923i.

UNITE s vnennen. rnazrnn, or'nnnvnn, COLORADO.

y LIGHT FOR AUTOMOBILES.

applicati@ med muy 23,

v'To all w71 om it may concern:

Be it known that l, AEARLE H. FnAzinu, a 'citizen of the United States, residinvnat Denver', in the county of Denver and btate of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in LightsI for Automobiles, of which the following is a specification.` 1

This inventionl relates to lights` for automobiles and .its principal object is tol provide a light of simple, attractive'and practical constructionwhich by connect-ion with the filler neck. or -cap of an automobile radiator, artificially illuminatesthe face of a thermometricappliance of the type corn- .Inonly known as motomet'ers7 by which the temperature in the radiator is indicated to the drivel' of the AVehicle. y

Another object of the invention is to provide in a light of `the above described character, side lenses, preferably made of colored glass, .which indicatevto pedestrians or drivers ofapproaching conveyances the direction-of travel of. the vehicle to which the illuminating device is applied,

Vith the amve and other objects in view,l all of which will fully appear in the course or" the following description, my `invention consists in the constructions, combinations and arrangement' of parts such as have been shown :in the accompanying drawings in which like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which- :Figure 4l is a 'side elevation of the light in its operative position relativeto the filler j neck or' an automobile radiator and a niotometer Aof conventional construction which A'is fastened to the cap thereof; 40 Figure 2, a section taken' on thel liner 2-2, Figure l; 1 i

Figure 3, a' fragmentary section along the line 3 -3 ,1Figure 1; and Figure '4, an elevation similar to `*that ci 1, showing a modifiedv construction .of my invention in which the lamp housing of the light is formed in integral conneet-ion with the'cap :ofthe radiator. I Referring lnoref'n detail to the drawings, 5o the reference character 2 designates the ller l 'neckofi'anautomobile radiator, 3 a screw capi at the upper end thereof, and 4 a nio- 'tometerajvhichis fastened tothe cap.

l Meromearspf. thev type most commonly ably 1921. Serial No. $87,027;

used are equipped with a foot 4a which rests on the radiator cap, and a relatively central screw threaded tubular stem 4c, shown p in broken lines in yFigure l, whichy extends through`- 'an Opening inthe cap'and cooperates with a nut engaging with the under side .there'oi` to secure the device in a position inwhich its dial faces lthe driver of the lvehicle. The light of the construction' shown in Figures land 2 consists ofa cylindrical open ended lamp housing 5, formed integrally at the end of a 'flat arm 6, which at its opposite extremity has an opening adapted to receive the "before mentioned stem 4 of the 'motometen "By placing the 4arm of the light between the cap 3 and the foot of the motometerxwith lthe stem of the latter passing throughthe opening at the/,end of the same, the deviceis securely clamped in its Operative position,

in which the lamp housing at the end of the arm extends rearward `of the filler neck of the radiator.

The lamp housing has in its circumferential surface adjacent and above its'junc- Ature with the arm, an enlargement 7 provided with an upwardly slant-ing circular opening which'at itsouter end is closed by a lens 8. 'lVhen the light is in its operative position the axis of this opening intersects with a horizontal line passing through the center of the motorneterl dial so that the light rays of the lamp inside the housing, emitted through the lens at the end of said openi 0', wiil illuminate the dial to render the temp rature indications on the face thereof clearly visible to the occupants of the vehicle when it is driven in the darn.

The lamp 9 of the light. which is of the 1n-I candescent electric type,` is screwed in an electric socket l() inserted lin a hollow enlargement 12 of the housing adjacent and beneath its juncture with the arm (i.- The socket is held in position by .a set screw 13 and is equipped Awith the usual means to.

connect the Vlamp-in `an Aelectric circuit, the

wires 14 oli 'which extend through an open" ing 4in a sideiof th Ufenlarged portion ofthe;

housing.

, rlhe Open ends of the ylionsingare ,closedvr by lenses 15 of a'distinctive color, profe? o'reenyand tlie three lenses are remos- 'l ably fitted intlefouter ends oft zheldf inMplaceby Split s .ring ^1jngs.. .1'6 i eirrespective openings. i The lenses have crystal form faces which not' only magnify the light rays emitted from the lamp but also render a most pleasing and attract-ive appearance to the device.

In the operation of n 1y invention,"the lanp is connected in the lighting or ignition circuit of an automobile and a'switch may 'be placed on the dash board of the same Y1O'to.y lcontrol the circuit at the will o the driver. The `light rays lpassing through the lens 8 at the end of the upwardly slanting opening of the lamp housing illuminate the tace ,of the motometer, and the colored lenses at lopposite ends of the housing arrangement otparts is of attractive apindicate'V the direction of travel ot the carto pedestrians'or the drivers of approaching vehicles. The deviceis readily installed and removed, and by its unique form and kpearance in. day. time as well as at night. In the modified construction shown in Figure 4, the lamp housing` is formed as an integral part `of the radiator cap, and the ar rangement ,f'of its lens covered openings and `all its socketholding enlargement is substanltially the salme as shown in the first form of myinvention.

While y,I have shown and described the combined inotometer and direction indicating light in thel best forms at present known to me, it is possible that differences in the construction of the radiator caps .or the motometers to which it is applied may i5 demand changes in the construction and arrangement of its parts, and I desire itundei-stood that such variations, relating mainly todetails of form and position, may be availed of within -the spirit of my inscope of the 'hereuntol ings disposed to cast the light rays of the.

lamp laterally withv relation tothe automobile. 1 i

2. The combination with` Vacap for the liller neck of an automobile radiatoi-,pf a lamp housingr connected therewith, and a lamp in said housing, the housing havinga f lens-covered opening disposed todirect the light rays ot' the lamp in an upwardly slantingdirection withl reference to aradiator to which the cap isnttached, and atopposite sides of said opening, lens-covered openings disposed to direct the light rays laterally of the radiator. l

3. The combination with the tiller .neckof an automobile radiator', of a. lamp housing projecting rearwardly thereof, and a lamp in said housingthe housing havinga lens-covered opening disposed-to direct the light rays ot the lamp in an upwardly slanting direction with reference to the radiator, and at opposite Sidesl of said opening, lenscovered 'openings disposed fto direct the light rays'laterally of the` radiator'.

In testimony whereof .l have laixed my signature.

EARLE H. FRAZIER. 

